Le Gai Savoir
New York Film Festival Essentials
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1h 32m
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard • Arthouse • 1969 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean-Luc Godard
In this classic film from Jean-Luc Godard, two militants have a discourse on language while alone in an abandoned television studio. Referring to spoken word as "the enemy"--the weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements--the two deconstruct the meanings of sounds and images in an attempt to "return to zero" and truly experience the joy of learning.
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